They both, at their father's death, took only the title of mayor of the palace, and, perhaps, of duke.

The last but one of the Merovingians, Thierry IV., had died in 737.

For four years there had been no king at all.
But when the works of men are wise and true, that is, in conformity with the lasting wants of peoples, and the natural tendency of social facts, they get over even the mistakes of their authors.

Immediately after the death of Charles Martel, the consequences of dividing his empire became manifest.

In the north, the Saxons, the Bavarians, and the Allemannians renewed their insurrections.